Rix's expert psychiatric advice

1. The expert medical witness Keith Rix; 2. Courts, laws and procedures Keith Rix; 3. Training, development and the maintenance of expertise Keith Rix; 4. Business matters Danny Allen and Keith Rix; 5. The medicolegal consultation Keith Rix; 6. The report, amendments, answers to questions, experts' meetings and conferences Keith Rix; 7. Reports for criminal proceedings and in prison cases Keith Rix and Rajan Nathan; 8. Personal injury cases Laurence Mynors-Wallis and Keith Rix; 9. Reports for family proceedings relating to children Keith Rix, Rajan Nathan and Karl Rowley; 10. Reports in cases involving capacity Keith Rix; 11. Reports for the First-Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Mental Health Chris Jones and Srikanth Nimmagadda; 12. Reports in immigration and asylum cases Cornelius Katona, Andrew Leak and David Rhys Jones; 13. Reports in employment, disability discrimination and pension cases James Briscoe, Gareth Vincenti and Keith Rix; 14. Reports for fitness to practise, conduct and performance proceedings Gareth Vincenti; 15. Coroners courts and fatal accident inquiries Laurence Mynors-Wallis and Keith Rix; 16. How to read an expert medical report Anthony Howard and Keith Rix; 17. Going to court Keith Rix; References; Appendix A: specimen criminal report on Daniel MacNaughtan; Appendix B: specimen personal injury report on Charles Dickens; Index; Appendix 1: letter of response to request for a report; Appendix 2: time sheet; Appendix 3: cost estimates; Appendix 4: sample contract for litigants-in-person soliciting reports; Appendix 5: file front sheet; Appendix 6: appointment letter; Appendix 7: information to accompany appointment letter; Appendix 8: consent form for medicolegal report; Appendix 9: General Data Protection Regulation consent form; Appendix 10: privacy notice; Appendix 11: notes of history and examination findings for Appendix B; Appendix 12: declaration for an expert report in the Republic of Ireland; Appendix 13: additional declaration for Experts in England and Wales instructed by the Prosecution only; Appendix 14: expert witness self-certificate for Experts in England and Wales instructed by the Prosecution only; Appendix 15: report covering letter.

Rix's Expert Psychiatric Evidence is a resource manual and guide for psychiatrists who provide expert testimony. It covers the entire expert psychiatric witness journey, from training and negotiation of instructions, through medicolegal assessment, report preparation, experts' meetings and joint statements, and conferences with counsel, to giving evidence in court along with advice on keeping up to date. Introductory chapters include essential information on the law of expert evidence and the different procedures in the criminal, civil, family and coroners' courts. It now includes in depth information on all eight jurisdictions of the British Isles. It is richly illustrated with reported and unreported cases including many important ones from the previous ten years, particularly relating to vulnerable witnesses and defendants. The book is supplemented by a library of online letters, forms, a new format report template and other documents which can be downloaded and adapted by readers for their own use.